Chinese Internet and mobile Internet security company Cheetah Mobile announced that the company has appointed Li Zhaohui as a new director of the company; meanwhile, former director Peng Zhijian resigned his position, effective immediately. Li is currently an executive partner of Tencent Investment and general manager of Tencent Mergers & Acquisitions. He focuses on Tencent's […]

Nokia and China Huaxin Post and Telecommunication Economy Development Center signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate Nokia's telecom infrastructure businesses in China with Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell to establish a joint venture. According to the MOU, Nokia will hold 50% plus one share in the new JV; while China Huaxin will hold the remaining minority […]

Nokia's chief executive officer Rajeev Suri has confirmed that after the company's licensing agreement with Microsoft expires in 2016, Nokia will return to the smartphone market. As part of this transition, Foxconn will make Nokia's first Android smartphone, which will be first released in China, India, and some European countries. Foxconn is a Taiwan-based original […]

Nokia's brand motto "Connecting People" should instead be "Disconnecting People" as the company plans China layoffs of up to 3,000 workers in its Beijing factory. Moreover, the company's factory may be relocated to another city within three to five months, according to reports in Chinese local media. Nokia's Beijing factory is located in the Beijing […]

Microsoft announced at the Mobile World Congress 2014 held in Barcelona that several companies, including Lenovo, LG, Huawei, and ZTE, have become new partners for its Windows Phone platform. Though some manufacturers already launched smartphones using the Windows Phone operating system, this platform was not their focus. But with the new cooperation, more Windows Phone […]

Ren Weiguang, former head of HTC China, has joined Electrolux as general manager of the China region. Ren revealed that he took office on February 10, 2014. He said the reason for choosing Electrolux is because the company is like Nokia was in the old days with strength and good prospects. Ren also said that […]

Hugo Barra, the vice president for Android product management at Google, has taken a new job at China-based smartphone maker Xiaomi. Foreign media have reported extensively over the past day that Barra's departure from Google is a dark omen for the search engine, but a boon for the Chinese startup Xiaomi, which values itself at […]

Apple's iPhone now overtakes Samsung in the "brand recognition" category by only 1% in China, according to the most recent survey conducted by Taipei-based TrendForce. Samsung's brand image, notably, has been improving steadily in China. For the second quarter this year, approximately 79.6% of the Chinese interviewees named the Korean company when asked of the […]

The Nokia Experience and Innovation Center and China Mobile have jointly launched a Windows Phone application development contest that aims to recruit over 1,000 applications over the next four months. The Nokia Experience and Innovation Center is an entrepreneur support platform established for mobile Internet developers. It provides capital, technology, marketing, and venue support to […]

Colin Giles, former executive vice president of Nokia, will reportedly join Huawei Device as senior vice president in July 2013. The news has been confirmed by the Chinese telecom equipment maker. In the new role, Giles will be responsible for Huawei Device's global sales, especially the establishment of the company's open social channels. Before leaving […]

Gustavo Eichelmann, general manager for Nokia China, will depart the company, and Erik Bertman will be the new general manager from June 1, 2013. According to comments made by an unnamed representative from Nokia China to local Chinese media, Eichelmann will return to Britain with his family in July for personal reasons. Bertman is a […]

Nokia has closed its largest store in mainland China, a flagship retail outlet in Shanghai's busy shopping zone on Nanjing East Road. Nokia also confirmed the news and said they will reduce self-owned stores in the future and enhance e-commerce, operator, and distributor sales channels. A representative from Nokia China said the closure is mainly […]

South Korea's Samsung sold 30.06 million smartphones in China in 2012, ranking first in the Chinese smartphone market for the first time. For the entire year of 2012, Samsung's smartphone sales in China nearly doubled in China and its market share reached 17.7%. In 2011, the company's sales in this marketplace were 10.9 million smartphones, […]

Chinese Internet video provider Youku-Tudou Group confirmed that Yang Weidong, former Nokia executive, has been appointed senior vice president for Youku-Tudou Group and president for Tudou.com. In the new role, Yang will be responsible for the core operating businesses, including content, marketing, and content marketing, under the brand of Tudou.com. Gu Yongqiang, chairman and chief […]

Taiwanese display screen manufacturer TPK has sued Nokia in Xiamen, Fujian, for infringement of its patent related to capacitive touch screen technology, and asked for a compensation of CNY26.9 million. According to TPK, the patent will help produce thinner touch screens. Apart from the compensation, the company also required Nokia to stop production and sales […]